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  • I mean you could just store it encrypted in the database for the basics, and for advanced users allow them to back it up.

    There are tons of ways to improve it, but there is definitely way more you can do without much inconvenience to the users. I doubt losing old DMs is a huge issue when you forget your password...

  • VR gaming is also shit on Linux. Mostly because it (similarly to Linux gaming in general) adds a layer of complexity and oddness you sometimes need to fix or debug... When you layer these kind of things the issues and complexity tend to multiply.

  • The data is misleading, it only shows data from 2017 and then a projection. Sure, one that's pretty reasonable (other sources have similar numbers) but still anything could happen.

  • Yeah, like why the fuck isn't it at least split in the middle with present data. The whole thing is just a garbage ad.

  • e2e encryption is pain in the ass, key generation and exchanging, complex and annoying to do

    No, no it's not.

    Yes, it's more complex than sending plaintext. But for starters it'd be extremely simple to generate a keypair for every user and publish the public key with their profile. When sending DMs you'd use this public key to encrypt the message.

    As for storing the private key you could encrypt it with (a derivative of) the user's password, and store it decrypted possibly just in the user's browser.

    This simple measure would prevent simple ways of reading the DMs, though obviously you still need to trust that your instance admins are actually serving you the code they claim they do. But it'd definitely prevent "accidental" misuse.

  • Well that kinda works in general, but the issue is that it's a never-ending cycle of "cool thing appears", "cool thing grows and takes over the market", "cool thing wants to make more money so it becomes less cool", "it becomes so shitty that people look for alternatives and there are none because it created a monopoly", "it becomes actually unbearable and folds because people flock to a new cool thing".

    Decentralized stuff kinda helps, but you can still see with e.g. email that there are a handful of giant "instances" and they have a huge control over the space, standards, etc. that others have to follow whether they like them or not. But it's still possibly to at least compete in that space (see for example ProtonMail) and it rarely becomes a true monopoly.

  • It doesn't matter if they auctioned it for profit or charity. They still do it for profit (that they do get), just not monetary. The value they gain by such an event is much higher than any price they could have auctioned it for.

    Making it an excuse is an extremely bad take, not to mention that GN did say it was an auction, and Linus probably doesn't even know that because he didn't watch the video, he only read the comments.....

  • Contacting LMG is superfluous.

    I mean it is common journalistic courtesy to allow the criticized side to give you a statement when you're doing a piece on them, but it's also reasonable to not do it in some cases.

    I'd be worried that Linus would (unknowingly/"accidentally") prime his fan base against this critique if he talked about it, say, on the WAN show, and often the first to come out with something seems more "trustworthy" so it might've been a shitstorm for GN too.

    I also doubt he'd have anything reasonable to add, which he clearly doesn't, judging from what he posted since the video released.

  • It's a really shitty defense, as they still profited off of it, just not monetarily. And he should realize that and not make excuses.

  • To be fair he needs to know a shitton about a lot of stuff that has nothing to do with computers, like how to run a business, or make videos. It's reasonable to expect that he won't truly be the most knowledgeable in all aspects of "tech".

  • And they wouldn't watch Linus video on it going on the wrong gpu.

    They absolutely would, it's literally the only video on it in huge part because Linus managed to give away the only prototype without permission, accidentally ensuring exclusivity.

    And sure, they'd know he fucked up but it might still sway their opinion, maybe even unconsciously.

    Oh and when you ask what Linus is going to do to prevent crap like this in the future (after already tripling down on their stupidity with the testing) is "nothing, it's a one in ten years occurrence".

    The guy absolutely can't stop jamming his foot in his mouth.

  • Well a review is also useless (or at least extremely disrespectful) if it comes from a place where it unfairly tests the product and shoes it in a bad light from the beginning by fucking up the process.

    Like sure, the conclusion would likely be the exact same. But you still need to actually test that, and give the product the benefit of the doubt that it actually might be better than it seems and showing it that way.

    There's still a difference between "this is a shit product and nobody should buy it" and "this works as advertised, is cool but nobody should buy it", since in the latter case someone will definitely still buy it for some reason even if it's impractical.

  • One they Linus seems determined to ignore so that they can keep raking in big sponsorships and sales of their overpriced over hyped merch so they can buy ever bigger mansions.

    I don't think it's that bad; Linus' heart seems to be in the right place but his ego and occasional lack of self-awareness does definitely hurt at least the image. But that's something the new CEO can actually fix, potentially.

    As for the need to make money and churn out content, I kinda get the need; he probably feels immense pressure because in order to sustain 100+ people they do actually need to put out a shittin of content and can't really take a break.

    With that being said issues like these should be a very strong signal that change needs to happen, and dismissing people's concerns and not being able to put his ego aside will hurt them a lot if this continues.

  • The irony bring that Reddit itself doesn't ban piracy related stuff as long as you don't outright post links publicly... It's a shitty kind of platform to do that anyway.

  • To be fair this is also not good though. It's convenient, sure, but it creates a monopoly that can dictate what they pay to the artists - which is often close to nothing.

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  • Revanced isn't really thirdparty though, that's half the point. It will work the same way as the regular YouTube app.

  • Just FYI paying for Premium gives out money to creators - way more than they'd get if you just watched the ads.

  • ...what exactly did you install? I'd be very weary of installing anything other than official builds from their website/GitHub.

    It'd be a good way to get your Google account stolen.

  • Ahh interesting. Well, that's growing pains, and fairly minor ones I'd say. Let's hope it'll eventually get better.

    Also thanks for explaining "subscribe pending", I was wondering about that.

  • I dunno, paying less than $10 is more than enough, definitely more than you could make from ads per person. And the reality is that not many people can afford to throw $10+ on every single online service.

    If anything, it might be doable if you could pay, say, $50 and distribute that between everything based on your usage. But then service providers don't really want that either, they'd rather take all that just for themselves than share with others.